The revelation that numerous journalists helped spread a tragic and false story of the death of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o’s “girlfriend” reveals it might be time for a gut check for sports journalism, says Chris Harper, professor of journalism at Temple, in an opinion piece. “A sage editor from the City News Bureau in Chicago said, ‘If your mother says she loves you, check it.’ That’s our mantra at Temple, where we are trying to provide the next generation of journalists.”